Les multiples facettes des inégalités écologiques

The notion of ecological inequalities is understood in very different ways depending on different cultural contexts. In the United States, where it has first developed, its only meaning is in an action perspective. The idea is to lean on degraded environmental conditions to strengthen the claims of...

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Main Authors: Lionel Charles, Cyria Emelianoff, Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin, Isabelle Roussel, François-Xavier Roussel, Helga-Jane Scarwell
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Language:fra
Published: Réseau Développement Durable et Territoires Fragiles 2007-09-01
Series:Développement Durable et Territoires
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/3892
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description The notion of ecological inequalities is understood in very different ways depending on different cultural contexts. In the United States, where it has first developed, its only meaning is in an action perspective. The idea is to lean on degraded environmental conditions to strengthen the claims of unfavoured communities or ethnical groups. In Europe, it meets the more global notion of populations specifically exposed to risks or contaminating substances, or benefitting from weak quality surroundings. Policies, environmental situations and their health implications can meet and thus reinforce already identified social inequalities.
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Développement Durable et Territoires
social inequalities
environmental justice
housing quality
pollution exposure
title Les multiples facettes des inégalités écologiques
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pollution exposure
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